Formica lecontei

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Formica lecontei Kennedy & Dennis, 1937 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica subsericea Say, 1836

Formica lecontei Kennedy & Dennis, 1937: 542 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Ohio). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Ohio, Smithfield, Jug Run, 4.viii.1927, no. 704 (C.H. Kennedy). Primary type depository: OSUC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated), 7 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: OSUC, USNM.

Status as species: Smith, 1951c: 865.
Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Creighton, 1950a: 532; Smith, 1958c: 155.
Junior synonym of Formica subsericea: Francoeur, 1973: 172; Smith, 1979: 1455; Bolton, 1995b: 197; Coovert, 2005: 144.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Coovert, G. A. 2005. The ants of Ohio. Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey (New Series) 15 (2):1-196. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique du Québec 3:1-316. PDF
Kennedy, C. H.; Dennis, C. A. 1937. New ants from Ohio and Indiana, Formica prociliata, F. querquetulana, F. postoculata and F. lecontei, (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 30:531-544. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF

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